St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-19
Troubles of the British Con-
servatives Approaching
a elimination.
A New Theory Regarding the
Report Relative to the
Killing of Stanley.
Emperor William Too Ill to At
tend the Review Of the
Troops at Potsdam.
Prince Ferdinand Has Trouble
Ahead---After the Ma
tional League.

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By Cable to the Globe.
LONDON, Aug. 1S.-The statemen
made by William Henry Smith, the
government leader in the house of COM
mons, this evening, defining the status
of the business before the house, pre-
cludes probability that there will be an
autumn session. The bills selected by
the government for consideration during
the remainder of the session are chiefly
Irish measures, while those abandoned
are bills affecting England. The intent
of this programme is obvious. The gov
ernment realizes that its only salvation
is an early adjournment and long
period of abStentiOn from legislation.
In the interim they may be able to some
what allay the popular fever of liberal
ism, but it is possibly too late to do even
this. If they cannot succeed in supple
menting the crimes act with some meas
ure of remedial legislation they certainly
cannot hope to turn the tide which is
now setting so strongly against them.
Mr.. Parnell is disposed to meet the gov
ernment half way in its efforts to finally
dispose of the land bill, and is hopeful
of securing its passage in form show
ing a decided improvement upon the
measure tinkered up by the lords. All
of the Parnellite members, including
Mr.. Parnell himself, were in their seats
tonight, prepared for any emergency,
caught mapping. The fact that the cab
met council, after discussing the Irish
question, and particularly the feasibility
of proclaiming the National league, to-
day decided to postpone the matter and
await tO-night'S developments, indicates
that the government is apprehenSive of
obstruction in the event of its league
policy becoming known in advance of
being put into operation, and will take
no action until the last moment.
The belief is generally prevalent
that the permission of the house
to suppress the league will be demanded
by the government as the last act of the
session, and there 2Ee those who also be-
lieve that the speaker is already aware
of the desires and intentions of the
ministry in the matter and will assist in
promptly rushing the matter through.
If the question were left to themselves
| it is not probable that the members
would take steps to proclaim the league,
| but the. conservative pressure brought
upon them is too great to resist, and
they must at least make an attempt to
obey the wishes of the majority of their
party.
EXPLORER STANLEY.
A private letter received from st.
Paul de LOanda to-day ascribes the
the rumors of Stanley;s death to the
desire of the natives in certain parts of
Africa, through which he is travelling,
to put him out of the way,
rather than to and certainty
that they have accomplished their wish.
| A portion of the natives are extremely
hostile to strangers, and especially de-
test explorers, who, they claim, are
Overbearing and cruel, and at the least,
| are merely the fOrerunners of a more
| powerful body of white men whose OBJ
ject is the seizure of land and extermi-
nation of the natives. The stories of
| Stanley'S massacre, the letter says, is
| impossible of belief, for a variety of rea-
sons, any one of which is sufficient to
| diveSt the reports of reliability.
THE EMPEROR ABSENT.
The absence of Emperor William of
| Germany from the annual distribution
| of cOlOrs at POtSdam to-day cast gloom
| over the ceremonies. A grand military
review in Germany, and particularly
near Berlin, that has not had the pres
ence of the emperor for it's chief attrac-
ton is something that has not occurred
for many years, and there is a general
feeling that the venerable kaiser, who
is now confined to his room by illness,
will not again arouse the enthusiasm of
the German army by his personal at
tendance at their ga theringS.
THE BULGARIAN QUESTION.
The course of absOlutism pursued by
Prince Ferdinand since his arrival in
Bulgaria has aroused majority of the
European newspapers to declare that he
has undertaken an adventure that has
fagrantly violated the treaty of Berlin
and outraged public rights. This almost
unanimous attitude of the influential
press of the continent is of very recent
origin. and the fact that many Of the
papers holding these views are semi
official organs, and their articles proba-
bly, inspired, augurs ill for the continu-
ance of Prince Ferdinand's career as a
ruler. The changed attitude of the
German press is due not SO much to
Russian influence as to realization of
the incontestible justice of the czar's
claims.